Click here to read the annual report on EU customs enforcement of IPR – Result at the EU borders in 2016.

Here is a short summary of key figures:

· Customs detained 63 184 cases with more than 41 million products suspected of violating intellectual property rights.· The value of the detained goods is just over 672 million EURO.· Cigarettes accounted for the largest number of articles in detentions (24%), followed by toys (17%) and foodstuff (13%). · Postal and courier packages accounted for around 73% of customs interventions, with 32% of the detentions in postal traffic concerning packaging material. · China continued to be the main source.